William George's class presented a Living Museum today. George performed as Michael Phelps, and he has spent the last few weeks researching Phelps. We now know the details of Phelps' training schedule and his diet, as well as the physical attributes that give Phelps such an advantage in competitive swimming.
We also got to put together a costume. Although Phelps wore Nike athletic gear during the 2016 Rio Olympics, George preferred his 2004 Athens games look with Adidas. George wore navy, kind of messed his hair up to give it that "out of the pool" look and wore 24 gold medals. Technically, Phelps has earned 28 medals, 23 of which are gold. But we opted for a pack of 24. When people asked him if Phelps really won all those medals, he clarified, "This isn't all of them!"
The class each draw a portrait of their character, and George did really well with his. We also used his extra research for a trifold.
We loved seeing George at the museum, and he did a fantastic job.
One thing we learned with the girls is that they present their speech several dozen times throughout the morning. The museum lasts from 8:30am - 11:00am, and they perform their speech each time someone approaches their exhibit.
The museum was open to the public, and the entire school passes through as well.
After seeing George a couple of times and seeing the rest of the performances, I left around 10:30. George had performed for two solid hours and was exhausted. He was tired, hungry and thirsty from saying his speech over and over, but he still had a smile on his handsome face.
The Living Museum is one of our favorite activities of elementary school, and we are so proud of George and his entire class for doing such a wonderful job.
PS: The girls' second grade living museum seems like it was just a few weeks ago instead of four years ago. Grace was Eleanor Roosevelt, and Lauren was Susan B. Anthony.
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